Napkin-holder



(No Model.)

A. H. MEISBNBAOH.

NAPKIN HOLDER. No. 280,058. Patented June 26, 1883,

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT nrivmisnnnncn, or sr. LOUIS,-MISSOURI.

NAPKlN-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 280,058, dated June 26,1883.

' Application filed December 28,1882. (No model.)

To an whom it may concern.--

Be it known that I, ALBERT H. MEIsnNBAcH, of St. Louis, in the State ofMissouri, have invented a new and Improved Napkin-Holder, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

, The invention relates to that class of napkinholders which are adaptedto be hooked into the collar; and it consists of a napkin-holder adaptedto hold the napkin well up under the ehin,and at the same time wellspread out over the chest.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 represents my invention asit appears whenin use. Fig. 2 isaperspective view, showing the napkin and holder ready to be hooked tothe collar. Fig. 3 is a full perspective view of the holder; and Fig. iis a peror providedwith the clasps d d at their ends,

a nice appearance.

for holding the upper edge of the napkin. The holder is by preferencemade of one continuous piece of wire,which may be silver or nickelplated or coated with any substance to give it W'hen made of a singlepiece of wire, the wire will first be bent upon itself in the center,and the parallel portions thus formed bent over to form the hook (I.Then at the ends the wire will be bent back upon itself to form theclasps (Z d, and the arms I) b will by preference be slightly curvedupward, as shown.

piece of wire, the central hook may be formed of a separate piece ofwire, or preferably the hooked plate a,which is soldered or otherwisesecured to the center of the main wire, which forms the side arms andthe end clasps, as

clearly shown in Fig. 4.

In use the edge of the napkin is to be placed under or in the clasps d.(I, as shown clearly in Figs. 1 and 2, and the central hook, a, is thensimply to be hooked to the collar or some article of dress worn aboutthe neck, thus holding the napkin well up under the chin and fullyspread out over the chest, furnishing perfect protection for thegarments.

Thus constructed the holder is cheap,durable, handy, and easy of use,and presents a nice appearance, and overcomes all annoyances of holdingthe napkin, and overcomes all danger of soiling the garments whileeating.

Instead of making. the holderof a single- I am aware that it is not newin napkin-hold- A ers to hook them over the collai band or to providelateral arms having end clamps; but

Vhat I do claim as new and of my invention is- A napkin-holder formed ofa single wire doubled in the middle, and there bent to form the hook a,bent laterally upward and in opposite directions to form'the arms b b,and bent forward at the ends of the arms to form the clasps (Z II, asshown and described.

ALBERT H. MElSENBACl-I.

lVitnesses:

HUGO FRTELINGSDORF, ERwIN J. Konnnnmn.

